Fishline casting device



Patented Aug. 5, 1952 a FISHLINE oasmme DEVICE "Dina. Kronhaus ancl Luba L i Schutzli H Los Angeles, Calif.

. ."Appllcation May 29,195mgm a w i Ql (01.4345; 1

, Thigflnventionhas to dawn-.11 fishing; tackle and, more particularly, relates to a casting device by which a fisherman casts-a lure or a baited ki.

The conventional manner of casting a fish line is to swing the rod backwardly and then forwardly with a snap action, which oftentimes results in the line becoming entangled with trees and the like and, not infrequently, results in injury to bystanders by reason of the hook catching and hooking into the skin. 1

Our invention overcomes those difliculties and has, as an object, the provision of a line propelling gun attached to the base of a fishing rod in convenient position for use. Other objects will appear hereinafter.

Without intending thereby to limit the broader aspects of the invention as defined by the accompanying claim, we shall now describe, in detail, a presently preferred embodiment of our invention, for Whichpurpose weshall refer to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal section of the barrel portion of the gun element, showing the line propelling member fitted into the end of the barrel; I

Fig. 4 is an enlarged section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal form of the invention.

Referring to the drawings, 5 denotesa conventional fish rod mounting a conventional reel 6, and having a handle I. The rod slidably carries two split clamping sleeves 8, 9 for clamping the reel tongues I0 against the rod. A gun has a barrel or tube 2! and arhandle 22. A compression spring is mounted in the barrel, bearing at its inner or right end against the inner end 21a of the barrel and bearing at its outer end against a plunger 21 which is slidably mounted in the barrel.

The spring 25 is shown compressed in Fig. 3 and, in this position, the annular shoulder 28, formed on the plunger by the reduced diameter portion 29, is engaged by the dog of a trigger 32. The trigger is pivoted to the barrel at 33 and its outer portion is disposed within a guard 34.

A rigid stem 3'! is fixed at its inner end to the plunger, extend through a stop ring 38 fixed in the barrel, and at its outer end carries a bulletshaped cup 40, having a hinged cover fiap 4| at its outer end. The stop 38 is held in the barrel by a snap ring 39.

section of a modified The gun; secured tothe rod a pair of long'itudinall" s acee bosses "42 each carrying a tongue bear against. shared." 5., The; clamping "sleeves 8 and 9 engage those tongues and clamp them against the rod, the sleeves being retained in clamping position by the thumb screws 45. V

The fishline 50 extends from the reel, through eyes 5|, and carries a lure or baited hook 53 at its outer end. The free outer end portion of the line carrying the lure is drawn backwardly beneath the rod, and the lure is placed in the cup 60. The gun is cooked by sliding the plunger to the right in the barrel, by means of the radial projection 55 on the plunger, which projects through a longitudinal slot 56 in the barrel, until the plunger shoulder is engaged by the trigger dog 30 and locked. Then, when it is desired to cast the line, it is only necessary to release the trigger. The spring then rapidly pro- I pels the plunger to the left untilit suddenly engages the stop 38. Thus, the lure is propelled from the cup in the desired direction with considerable force, by virtue of the momentum thus imparted thereto, carrying with it the line. The user then may reel in the line in the customary .manner. The trigger is urged into plug locking position by a leaf spring 51.

A hand hold knob 60' may be carried by the barrel tofacilitate propersteadying of the rod.

While we have described a spring operated type of .gun for propelling the baited line in the casting. operation, it will be understood that air guns or other fluid-actuated guns may be substituted for the purpose. For instance, in Fig. 5 we show a compressed air gun 60 having a barrel 62 in which plunger 64 is slidably mounted.

The plunger has a rod 65 threadedly carrying the hook cup 45a at its outer end, the cup having a hinged flap lla. A stop ring 38a is held against outward escape from the barrel by a snap ring 39a. A partition wall 15, secured in the barrel, forms a compressed air chamber H to which the plunger is exposed, the wall 10 having an axial hole 13 normall closed by a resilient flap check valve M. A pumping plunger 15 is slidably mounted in the right end of the barrel, being operable by a handle and connecting rod member H. The latter plunger has an air inlet hole 18 normally closed by a resilient flap valve 19.

A trigger is pivoted to the barrel at 8| and has a dog 82 engaging the annular shoulder. 83 of the plunger at. The trigger is urged into plunger locking position by a leaf spring 85.

The device of Fig. 5 is operated as follows:

5 means of a y .o arcnate'cr s section to I First the plunger is pushed to the right by pushing inwardly on the cup 401;, until dog 82 engages shoulder 83. Then the user pumps air into chamber H by means of the pumping plunger 15 until the desired air pressure is obtained in the chamber. This pressure will depend upon the distance of the desired cast. Upon release of the trigger, the plunger 64 .will be moved to the left, propelling forward the baited hook or lure in the cup. As the lure leaves the cup, the flap Ma will swing outwardly. The flap is made bullet-shaped so as to offer a minimum of air resistance.

By use of our casting device, fishing rods do not have to be made long and flexible, as is customarily the case. r

If desired a tripod support 90 may be provided, as shown in Fig. 5, being attached to the barrel by a strap 9|.

A bait and lin castingattaqhment for afishing rod comprising 1a tubular-housing, a power actuated plunger in"the housing;. a stop for said plunger adjacentthe outer end of the housing. a

Number hollow, bullet shaped bait receiving retainer secured to the outer end of said plunger and normally housed within the outer end of said housing outwardly of said stop, said retainer having an open outer end, a bullet shaped cover lid hingedly mounted on the open end of said retainer and normally projecting from said end of. the Khousing-wand means. for mounting said housingupon a fishin'grodi j 1 DINA KRONHAUS. LUBA LIESCHUTZ.

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